English10 Class

The Great Debaters is a movie based on a true story in 1935-36. It took place in Texas. The movie is about a proffesor named Mr.Tolson trying to influence his students into entering the school's (Wiley College of Texas, an all black college) first debate team, but only a few can make it. It's a drama movie, which means there's a lot of drama and sadness in it. The few students who make it in the team until the end (The main characters) are: Henry Lowee, Samantha Brooke, and James Farmer. Mr. Farmer is James' father and he plays a big role in the movie. Finally, The Debate team of Wiley College goes on to debate against Havard University and Win, which makes them Number#1 in the United States of America.
1) The Great Debaters is similar to Night John, because John and the cast of the great debaters were both leaving in the south, they were both discriminated against because of their skin color, that's the same it's also similar to the story "Mascot", because Malcom X was also being discriminated against because of his race.
2) The GD is different from Night John, because in NightJohn, slavery was still deep in as a major problem. There were no schools for black people. They were not yet "Civilized". But in The GreatDebaters, they at least had clothes and shoes and schools to go to and get some education, but they were still being discriminated.
3) The Great Debaters is different from "Mascot" becaue in mascot, Malcom X lived in the north and GD took place in the south, but they were both still being discriminated against because of their Skin color.


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